James Gillespie

James Gillespie (1747-11 January 1805) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NC 6) from 1793 to 1799 (preceding William Henry Hill) and from NC-5 from 1803 to 1805 (succeeding Nathaniel Macon and preceding Thomas Kenan).

Biography
James Gillespie was born in County Monaghan, Ireland in 1747, and he later emigrated to Kenansville, North Carolina. He served as a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1776, in the House of Commons from 1779 to 1783, in the State Senate from 1784 to 1786, and in the US House of Representatives from 1793 to 1799 and from 1803 to 1805. He died in 1805.